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Fall Forward
Sex! Death! Race and class and politics! Scott McLemee rounds up forthcoming university press books sure to start an argument.
Behind Closed Doors
A successful academic shares her story of being the victim of domestic abuse.
Affirmative Action Jumps the Shark
The law and the logic on which colleges have relied are both becoming harder to defend, writes Stephen T. Asma.
Class and Race
Whatever one thinks of current forms of affirmative action, it's time to focus more on economics, writes Matthew Gaertner.
Creative Writing Is Not a Fast Food Nation
Five professors in the field answer criticism that they say is based on an out-of-date idea about what goes on in their classrooms.
Sneak Previews
What's coming from university presses in the months ahead? Scott McLemee begins a survey of the fall and winter crop.
Does History Matter?
The Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage illustrates the discipline's centrality to understanding of crucial issues today, writes Steven Mintz.
Innovation Exhaustion and a Path to Moving Forward
MOOCs, competency-based education and other reforms are worthy ideas, writes Dan Greenstein. But in the chase for the next big thing, some have forgotten the goal of improving higher education, not just making it more efficient.
Pagination
Pagination
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